The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-21

such herOlSm and devotion 10 country Ao
changed routed troops into victorious
army at Atlanta.
Truthfully may it be said that in the
late Civil War he was the true type OF
the citizen soldier. 1t was such as him,
hearing the agonizing cry OF the country
in distress, trampled old political preju-
dices under their feet, caring neither for
seed time or harvest, but, hearing only
the voice of Father Abraham calling
across the prairies of the West for armed
men to preserve intact the heritage OF
the Father, shouted back, eve are
coming
When war came, what he had lost
from want of youthful training in the art
of war, on the banks of the Hudson, was
fully counterbalanced by an ardent, pa
triotic and faithful determination to pre-
serve the integrity OF the Union.
Although the country has crowned
another with the highest honors, yet the
people will ever place Logan among the
warriors as an able, faithful and cour-
ageous aid to his friend and superior
officer. While SO many prominent per
sonages leaped from comparative obscur-
lily to the front rank in the history of the
times, it will be difficult for the future
historian to properly arrange the leading
soldiers, but whatever criticisms there
may be of others, it must be conceded
that General Logan was endowed with
! oh ~
and dominating will; that it was this
spirit of "what l undertake that will
do'' which bore him along into the front
rank. of the Generals of the war. AT
that particular time such character was
needed to lead the people up to the
realization of the fact that the divisibility
of the Union was not to be weighed in
the balance against political affiliations
and old associations, and when the shot
at Sumpter startled the country the
animosities of the past sank into obliv-
ion, as he boldly proclaimed that Sin
| order to save the Union he was willing
to sink his own party and every other
one, with all their platforms, into the
vortex of ruin without heaving a sigh or
shedding a tear and from out the
southern part of Illinois he brought forth
legiOns of armed men, clamoring to re-
take the forts and turn back the on
rolling tide OF the country's foe. Whether
his country's honor was assailed on the
plains OF Mexico, or on his native soil,
undaunted and fearless, he would draw
! 4 Iox Il i, Of 70,
was, 'Let us conquer or die!'
When peace once relgned, as one OF
the patrons and friends of the q. A. r.
be was especially Jealous, and as Me-
mortal day shall hereafter come and go,
his grave, as containing the remains of
one of its originators, comrades will more
bountifully entwine with wreaths Of
flowers.
Yes, one more has joined Grant,
Thomas, Mcclellan, Hancock and the
hosts of that grand army upon the other
shore. He has fought his last battle.
No lannon's roar will disturb him again.
Yet there is feeling OF triumph in the
hour of grief as we chant the funeral
dirge There is a pardonable pride as
we contemplate that from the prairies of
Illinois a boy comes forth, nameless and
fortuneless, with nothing but a strong
arm, active brain and laudable ambi-
tion-the birthright of every man
challenging the rough world for con-
test, and at the call of duty winning fol
himself a glorifed name. Loud and
prolonged applause.
The choir then rendered, in appro
pirate tones, Crest, soldier, rest"
Comrade Cruzan next delivered a
brief address on General John A
Logan, the Man and the Statesman,
observing at the outset how lonesome
the world was becoming to the few sur
viving comrades OF the grand army
whose illustrious members were fas
dropping off. Saying, in the words o
Marc Antony, 81 come to praise Logan
not to bury him." he went on to eulo
gize the many excellent traits which
marked the character of the honoreC
dead, who, he said, was a great soldier
because he was great man, one whose
greatness rested upon the solid founda
ton of sterling character. Courage
strength of will and manly purpose were
among it's leading features, and com
bined with these was an indomitablt
perseverance, and although he did no
possess genius in the ordinary accepta
!, ton of the term, he possessed the best o
all genius, tenacity to plain, honest
! hard work, as also strong mind in
| strong body. The speaker then referred
to the very slight training which Genera
) Logan received il his early youth, and
the grand caret which followed, not
withstanding this disadvantage, and the
: strict truthfulness which marked its
: every line, regardless of consequences
) often prompting him to turn his back upor
place and preferment in his answering
, loyalty to principle, and dying poor man
: His extreme generosity was also forcibly
) exemplifed. 1t was said that he was
? not a statesman. Perhaps not in the
| sense that WASHINGTON the elder Adams